Milanese

1. not comparableOf, from or relating to the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy.

plural Milaneses

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Milan or surrounding metropolitan city, Lombardy, Italy.

   —the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic—

   1863, Tales and Essays, page 38

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   Finally, the first maestro to have been both a Milanese and a product of the studio, Giovanni Battista Cesati, served from before 1655, publishing a motet book, until he was called to Bologna in summer 1658.

   2002, Robert L. Kendrick, The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 66

   Indeed, in Milan, everyday conversations and practices of relating, attunement, and distancing between inhabitants also partake in wider discourses concerning who is a “Milanese” and what the Milanese share.

   2015 March 27, Cristina Moretti, Milanese Encounters: Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12

   Synonyms: Milaner

plural Milaneses

1. A surname from Italian.